Apparatus for killing poultry



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.o. c. PACHOLKE APPARATUS FOR KILLING POULTRY Filed April is 123 2 Shasta-Sheet 1 [Eve/75w I Paca /4"? Azf' July 29. 1924. 1,503,372

0. C; PACHOLKE APPARATUS FOR KILLING POULTRY Filed April 16. 1921' 2 Sheen-Sheet 2- 3 Fig.6.

3 4' I z a ill 5" l a? 3 9 4 Patented July 29, 1924, i I

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or'ro CARL PACI-IO'LKE, or anooknyn, YORK. v I i APPARATUS roR'KI Lnrne rounrnY.

Application filed April 16, 1923, sriai No. 632,513.

To all whom it may concern: r Fig. 5, is an elevation showing a detail,

Be it known that I, O'r'ro CARL PAoHoLKE, and I engineer, a citizen of the United States of Fig. 6, is a section taken on the line 6+6 America, residing in Brooklyn, New York, of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of 1771 East 18th Street, have invented new the arrows. f i

and useful Improvements in and Relating The same reference characters havevbeen to Apparatus for Killing Poultry, of which usedin all the views to indicatecorrespondthe following is a specification. V ing parts. I v 60 My invention relates to improvements in My improvedapparatus comprises amem l0 apparatus for killing poultry, and the obher 1 bent forwardly at one end andforined ject of the improvements is to provide a with a trough shaped depression adapted hand operated apparatus which is easily to' receive the'head of the animal to be handled by being operated by one hand in killed, and at its middle with a longitudinal 65 the manner of a pair of scissors or a tongs, slot 23, a member 2 elastically connected and which stuns the poultry prior to killwith the member 1, and a member 3 jointed ing. IVVith this object in View my improved to an arm 1 of the member 1 at 10. .In apparatus is in the form of a pair of tongs the example shown in the figures the said carrying two consecutively operative deinembers 1, 2,:3'are U-shaped'in cross-sec- 7 vices one forstunning the poultry and the tion, which U-form'is open in the members other for cutting the throat of the same. land 2 at the upper ends and in the mem- The apparatus is constructed so that the her 3 at the bottom end, as appears from head off theanimal can bepassed into the Figs. 2, 3, and 4. In slots 27. and 26 of; Same for holding the animal and preventthe member 3 a sharp piercing tool 4 and 75 ing. the same from moving sideways when a cutting tool 5 are mounted, as is best the said devices are operated. By means shown in Fig. 6, and the tool 4 is pivotally of my improved apparatus the poultry ismounted on a pin 9 and the tool 5 preferkilled in the proper way and thereafter ably engages the said pin with a slot 8, its .bled. r rear end 29 being'connected by a coiled so By thus killing the poultry meat of imspring 12 to a pin 18 secured to the'handle proved quality is obtained. More particu- 1 of the member 1. ,The tools 4 and 5 are larly the poultry can be more readily passed through slots 22 and 7 made in the plucked, and by being thoroughly bled the solid upper part of the member 2, the slot meat has a better appearance, it has a good 22 being disposed substantially in the 'longi- 85 taste, and it can be preserved without retudinal median plane of the member 2 and quiring measuresfor storing and shipping. the slot 7 laterally thereof. Where the r F orthe purpose of explaining the invenmemberl is made from sheet metal'I prefer tion an example embodying the same has to form the same with longitudinal reinbeenshown in the accompanying drawings, forcing depressions 25, and its arm 1 is 90 in which made integral with the body thereof for ex- 40 Fig. 1, is an elevation showing the apample by pressing, or it is riveted or other- .paratus in closed position and with the wise secured thereto. The handle portion piercing and cutting implements in their 1 is reduced in breadth as compared to the forward or end positions, body. part, and to the reduced part the inner 95 Fig. 2, is a vertical sectiontaken on the 'member 2 is connected by means of a leaf line 2-2 of Fig. '3 and showing the apspring 31 secured to the said parts by means paratus open and with the piercing and cutof scr-ews'or rivets, said spring holding the ting implements intheir rear positions, front ,end of the member 2upwardly when Fig. 3, is an elevation looking from the the apparatus is in open position, as is 100 left in Fig. 1 and with the grips of the shown in Fig. 2; The member 2 is slotted handlesremoved, "at its median part as is shown at 18 and Fig. l, is an elevation partly in section the slot 18 is engaged by alug 20 of a memlooking from the left in Fig. 2, 1 her 6 in the form of a'cap,.which is adjustable in the slot by means of a screw 19, and the cap 6 is formed at its front and top end with a slot 21. The cap 6 is adapted to receive the beak of the animal. At its rear end the member 2 is formed with an enlarged or cam position 17 adapted to be engaged by a lug 11 of the upper part of the member 3 when the said member is rocked for pressing the member 2 towards the memher 1.

The member 8 bears on the member 1 through the intermediary of a spring 2 L bearing with its ends on lugs 31 and 30 provided on the said members. The parts 1 and 3 are normally held by the spring'in ,open position, as is shown in Fig. 2.

" The animal to be killed is preferably hung up by its feet, its head being thereby directed downwardly. The beak of the bird is then opened and the portion 2 or the instrument is passed into the birds mouth to [such an extent that the upper part of the beak is engaged by the cap 6. When the instrumentis'in this position the handles 28 of 7' the instrument are pressed together whereby the member 3 will be rocked :torwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 and owing to the action of the lug 11 on the cam surface otthe member 17 themembers 2 and 1 will be pressedtowards each other and the head ofthe bird :thereby securely held in the t ght shaped depression of the member 1; also', the rocking movement of the member i will cause a sliding movement of the tool .4 relatively to the member 2 whereb the said ftoolj will beprojected forwardly owing ito its pivotal connection 9 with the member and the point thereof will be forced into theheadof the bird thereby piercing the brain. After the member 3 has been rocked Itoriwardlya certain distance and the tool 4: partially projected, the pin 9 mounted on thejsaid member 3 will engage the end of the slot 8 in the shank of the knife 5 where npon the continued rocking motion of the inember 3 will cause theprojection oi the knife against the tension of the spring 12 from the position indicated in Fig. 2 of V the drawings inwhich itbears on the stop 14, suchknife; thereby being caused to sever the artery. of the bird.

The operations of piercing the brain and severing the artery are performed in immediate succession by the instrument hereinbefore described and after the operation when pressure on the handles 1S released, the

spring, 24:, will automatically return the hanbllesand their associated parts into the position' indicated'in Fig. 2 whereby the in- ,strume nt will be readyfor operating on another bird.

. The capG canbe set in different positions ,within the slot 18 according to the size of .the animalbeing killed and the length or the breadth of the beak, also if desired it may be entirely dispensed with. I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the specific construction shown herein. For example the joint of the member 2 to the member 1 consisting of the spring 31 and the guiding means for the knife 5 within the member 3 may be made in a different way. Also it is not essential that the piercing tool 4 and the cutting tool 5 should be so .mountediupon the member 3 that said tools may be projected successively. If desired such tools-may be mounted upon the member 3 in such manner that they may be projected simultaneously.

Furthermore, instead of the member 3 other means may be provided for operating the piercing and cutting implements '4 and ,5.

I claim 1. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer member bent into the form of .a hook and formed with a depression and adapted to receive the head of the animal, of an inner member jointed to said outer memberand adapted to be moved tcwards the same, p'iercing and cutting tools guided within said inner member,

and an operating member adapted to operatesaid piercing and cutting members.

2. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer me'mber bent into the form of ahcok and-formed with a depression and adapted to receive the head of the animal, of an inner member jointedto said outer member'a'nd adapted to be moved towards the same, piercing and cutting tools guided within said inner member, and an operating member adapted successively to operate said piercing. and cutting members.

'3. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer member adapted to receive the head of the animal, an inner member, and an operating member, of a piercing tool jointed to said operating memreceive the head of the animal, of an 'opera ting member jointed to. said outer member, said outer and, operating members tb eing provided each with a;ha ndle and piercing and cutting devices adapted to beisucce ssive- 1y operated by said operating member.

, 5.'In a apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an oute r member adapted to receive the head of the animal, and an inner member pivoted to said outer memher, said inner member being formed with a projection, of piercing and cutting tools in position for piercing-the brain andcutting the artery of the animal, and an operating member jointed to said outer member and adapted to engage said projection for pressing the inner member towards the outer member and to successively operate 7 said piercing and cutting tools.

6. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer member adapted to receive the head of the animal and an inner member jointed to said outer member,

said inner member being provided with slots, of piercing and cutting tools in position for piercing the brain and cutting the artery of the animal and guided in said slots, and an operating member for said tools.

7. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer member adapted to receive the head of the animal, and an inner member jointed to said outer member, of piercing and cutting tools guided by said inner member in position for piercing the brain and cutting the artery of the animal, the piercing -member being guided within the longitudinal median plane of the inner member and the cutting tool laterally thereof, and means for operating said piercing and cutting tools.

8. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with a pair of jointed members, one of which is adapted to receive the head of the animal to be killed, and means between said members and carried by one of them for holding the upper part of the beak of the animal, of piercing and cutting tools in position for piercing the brain and cutting the artery of the animal, and operating means for said members. j

9. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination with an outer member adapted to receive" the head of the animal and an inner member jointed to said outen member, the outer member being longitudi nally slotted at the end designed for re ceiving the head of the animal, of piercing and cutting tools in position for piercing the brain and cutting the artery of the animal, and means for successively operating said tools.

10. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with an outer memjber adapted to receive the head of the animal and an inner member jointed thereto, the outer member being formed of sheet metal having longitudinal reinforcing depressions and carrying an arm, of piercing and cutting tools in position for piercing the brain and cutting the artery of the animal, and an operating member jointed to said arm and adapted successively tooperate said piercing and cutting members.

11. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination, with a pair of jointed members one of which is adapted to receive the head of the animal to be killed, and a cap shaped member between said members and adjustably mounted on one of said members for holding the upper part of the beak of the animal being killed, of piercing and cuttingtools in position forpiercing thebrain and cutting the artery of the animal, and

means for successively operating said tools.

12. In an apparatus for killing poultry, the combination with an outer member adapted to receive the head of the animal, an inner member jointed to said outer member and adapted to be placed within the mouth of the animal and to be moved towards the outer member, piercing and cutting tools guided within said inner member, and an operating member adapted to operate said piercing and cutting members.

In testimony whereof I hereunto. aflix my signature in the presence of the witness.

OTTO CARL PAO'HOLKE. 

